Christian Heritage Private Tour

Tour itinerary

1st Day | Fátima, Oporto & Guimarães

We’ll start the day ahead Fátima, Portugal’s religious capital that attracts millions of pilgrims every year, due to its mystical power and atmosphere. It can hold about 300 thousand faithful at the same time and is twice the size of St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. While in Fátima you’ll have the opportunity to visit The Shrine of our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, a place of pilgrimage, which celebrates the apparitions of Our Lady to the three little Shepherds: Lucia de Jesus, Francisco and Jacinta Marto. At the Shrine you can visit the Chapel of Apparitions and the Church of ‘Santíssima Trindade’. At around 2KM from Fátima in a small village called ‘Aljustrel’, you can also visit Marto’s Family House and Lúcia’s House. Then we’ll drive ahead Oporto, classified as a Heritage Site by UNESCO. Where you’ll have a panoramic overview of the city. To finish the day, before checking in at the hotel our expert private guide will show you Guimarães castle and historic town center.

Overnight in: Guimarães

2nd Day | Santiago de Compostela

This 2nd day of the private tour is reserved to explore Santiago de Compostela! Classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage City, thanks to its multicultural nature and as the final destination of a thousand-year-old pilgrim route, the Way of St. James. Since the 9th century, this has transformed ‘Santiago’ into a meeting place of Western faith and thinking. The city’s visitors will find its treasures exhibited in museums as well as the surprising richness of its contemporary architecture. Surrounded by Galicia’s largest area of parks and gardens, this setting is alive with cultural expressions and traditional festivals.

Overnight in: Santiago de Compostela

3rd Day | Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Aveiro & Óbidos

We’ll start the day by leaving Spain to visit the most ancient Portuguese village: Ponte de Lima, which received its charter in 1125. Ponte de Lima has characteristic medieval architecture and a surrounding area washed by the Lima River. Then we’ll go ahead Viana do Castelo here we’ll visit the historic center and we’ll go up to Santa Luzia Basilica where we’ll observe its characteristic dome while enjoying the amazing and unique view of the place where the Lima River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Already on our way back to Lisbon we’ll stop at Aveiro, considered the Venice of Portugal so you can enjoy a boat trip through the city’s canals. And lately a quick stop at Óbidos, a medieval town which is one of Portugal’s most interesting walled settlements. Here you can have a taste of the typical ‘Ginja’.